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#javascript-code-04-preventDefault.js / js



  // Locate all <a> elements on the page
  var a = document.getElementsByTagName(“a”);
  for ( var i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) {
  
      // Bind a click handler to the <a>
      a[i].onclick = function(e) {
          // Set the title of the page to the URL of this link, instead of visiting it
          document.title = this.href;
  
          // Prevent the browser from ever visiting the web site pointed to from
          // the <a> (which is the default action)
          return false;
      };
  
  }
  


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